Citation

Telman MD, Overbeek MM, de Schipper JC, Lamers-Winkelman F, Finkenauer C, Schuengel C. J. Fam. Violence 2016; 31(1): 127-136.

Affiliation

Section of Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-015-9769-8

PMID

26709333

PMCID

PMC4688302

Abstract

This study examined the association between interparental violence (IPV), child abuse and neglect, other traumatic experiences, and children's post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and explored the moderating role of family functioning in the aftermath of IPV. One hundred and twenty IPV-exposed children (53.3 % male, M age = 9.85) and parents who were referred to community mental health centers participated in the study. Combined, IPV, child abuse and neglect, and other traumatic experiences were associated with PTS symptoms. For family functioning, higher levels of parenting stress were associated with higher levels of PTS symptoms. No moderating effects were found. To understand the variability in PTS symptoms among children exposed to IPV, other traumatic and stressful experiences need to be taken into account.

Language: en